Roll fabric holder



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J. GIRARD ROLL FABRIC HOLDER Filed Aug. 26. 1922 Patented July 17, 1923.

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ROLL FABRIC HOLDER.

Application filed August 26, 1921.

T 0 (all to hom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN GIRARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Thomaston, in the county of Litchfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a RollFabric Holder; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will -enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The invention relates to storage and display devices being particularlydesigned for storing fabric in convenient and compact form for readyhandling when it is required to dispense the same.

Other objects and advantages Will be apparent and suggest themselves asthe nature of the invention isunderstood.

While the drawing illustrates an embodiment of the invention it is to beunderstood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions andrequirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor detailsof construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature ofthe invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thespecification,

Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section of the holder illustrative ofthe invention.

Figure 2 is an end view thereof parts being broken away.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and designated in the several views of the drawing by likereference characters.

The device embodies a suitable supporting frame which in the presentinstance is shown as consisting of a base 1 and upright 2. A shaft 3 isjournaled in the upright 2 parallel with the base 1 and is provided withacrank handle 1. Disks 5 are secured to opposite end portions of theshaft 3 so as to rotate therewith. A plurality of cylinders 6 aresecured between the outer edge portion of the disks 5 and are formed intheir outer sides with longitudinal slots 7 for the egress of the fabrichoused by the cylinders in the form of rolls. The cylin- Scrial No.495,461.

ders 6 are preferably formed of metal and engage portions bordering uponthe slots 7 which are recurved as indicated 8 to facilitate the egressof the fabric when drawn from the rolls. The casing 9 encloses thecylinders 6 and is secured to the disks 5. Blocks 10 are located in anend of the cylinders 6 to vary their effective length according to thelength of rolls of fabric designed to be received in the cylinders 6.Pins 11 are located at opposite ends of the cylinders 6 and support corepieces 12 upon which the fabric 13 is rolled. An end portion of thefabric 13 protrudes through the slot 7 of each of the cylinders 6 toenable the desired fabric to be selected and facilitate drawing the samefrom the roll when required. Openings 14 are formed in one of the disks5 concentric with the shaft 3 there being an opening for each of thecylinders. A pin 15 supported in an opening in one of the uprights 2 isadapted to engage any selected opening 14 to hold the device in anyrequired position when drawing a particular fabric from the roll.

One set of the pins 11 project, as indicated at 11, to receive a crank16 whereby the fabric may be wound upon the cores 12. A tape measure 17is located upon one of the uprights 2 for convenience of measuring thefabric as drawn from the roll.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is A roll holder anddisplay cabinet comprising a support, spaced disks rotatably mounted bysaid support, said disks having spaced openings around their outeredges, cylinders supported at their ends by said disks and extendingbetween the same, the ends of said cylinders received in the openings inthe disks, said cylinders having longitudinal slots in their outersides, blocks in the ends of said cylinders, means carried by saidblocks for supporting a fabric supporting coil within each of saidcylinders, said blocks being of different length to vary the effectivelength of the cores and extending inward from the outer ends of thecylinders to reinforce the same at their point of connection with thedisks, a metalslotsqin the casing being folded around the lie casingsurrounding said disks and supported thereby, 'said casing having l0ngitudinally extending slots registering With the slots in the cylinders,the edges of the blocks being adapted to be rotated to Wind fabrics ontothe cores.

, b JOHN GIRARD. Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. RYAN, ROBERT P. WELTON.

edges of the slots in the cylinders to present a smooth surface to thefabric, and certain of the core supporting means carried by the

